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Titanic-artifacts case delayed for appraiser
Tuesday 10th November 2009 9:36 PM
The Virginian-Pilot
A hearing on the future of the Titanic artifacts has been delayed until Nov. 23 to enable a key witness to testify.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Meeting will explore Cradley workers role in building Titanic
Friday 6th November 2009 9:36 PM
Halesowen News
A CRADLEY history wants to unearth information about the work of local craftsmen on the Titanic as part of a £49k Heritage Lottery funded project.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
New Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge is getting attention half way across the country
Thursday 5th November 2009 9:38 PM
PRLog.Org
The new Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. has people talking in Missouri. This week, Titanic Museum owner John Joslyn was featured in a Springfield Business Journal story about the famous ship that is dropping anchor in East Tennessee.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Council awards £10m to Titanic Project
Thursday 5th November 2009 9:38 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The £97 million Titanic Signature Project received good news this week when Belfast City Council agreed to contribute £10 million to the scheme.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
'Titanic' on stage at music hall
Thursday 5th November 2009 9:38 PM
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The great ship Titanic will sink once again, this time on a stage in Carnegie with a cast of 62 actors who range in age from 5 to 82.
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Public sculpture unveiled at the Titanic Quarter
Wednesday 4th November 2009 9:26 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The first public artwork for the Titanic Quarter was unveiled as part of the Belfast festival at Queens.
The “contemporary and innovative artwork” is called ‘Kit’ and is a site-specific light sculpture which is 13.5 metres tall and cast in bronze.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic surfaces at Science Center
Wednesday 4th November 2009 9:26 PM
The Daily News Online
A collection of items from the ill-fated Titanic is featured in a recently opened exhibit at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave.
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Titanic museum drops anchor in Pigeon Forge
Tuesday 3rd November 2009 9:59 PM
Springfield Business Journal
Branson-based Cedar Bay Entertainment LLC has dropped anchor in the eastern Tennessee tourism hub of Pigeon Forge for its second Titanic attraction - a $25 million endeavor that will be larger and more interactive than its sister ship in the Ozarks.
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Titanic £97m plan on course for 2012 finish
Tuesday 3rd November 2009 9:59 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The £97m Titanic Signature Project is "on course" to be ready for the centenary of the doomed liner after the Executive finalised its financial commitment, according to the government department leading the project.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic's links to Liverpool
Saturday 31st October 2009 7:41 PM
Liverpool Echo
TITANIC had strong links with Liverpool although she never visited her home port – by 1912 the White Star Line's largest and fastest Atlantic steamers were sailing from Southampton.
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Titanic artwork unveiled in Belfast
Friday 30th October 2009 9:52 PM
Belfast Telegraph
A giant toy modelling kit of the Titanic was unveiled yesterday on the site where the doomed liner was built almost a century ago.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Another Titanic expedition possible in 2010
Tuesday 27th October 2009 8:56 PM
The Associated Press
The president and CEO of the company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic says the company is interested in conducting its first salvage since 2004 at the world's most famous shipwreck.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
US court aims to establish ownership of over $100m in Titanic artefacts
Tuesday 27th October 2009 1:24 PM
guardian.co.uk
The wreckage of the ship so famous it remains a metaphor nearly a century later is collapsing on itself two miles underwater. The ashes of the last survivor, a child of just nine weeks when the giant vessel went down, were scattered at sea last week after her death at 97.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Last Titanic survivor's ashes scattered in England
Saturday 24th October 2009 8:45 PM
The Associated Press
The ashes of the last Titanic survivor have been scattered at the English port where the ship began its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Philip Keeps Titanic Millvina's Memory Alive
Friday 23rd October 2009 3:48 PM
PRLog.Org
As the ashes of the last surviving passenger from the Titanic Millvina Dean are scattered near the departure point of the fateful voyage, the grandson of the man who rowed her to safety will be making sure her memory remains alive.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
In-depth exploration of Titanic at next historical society talk
Tuesday 20th October 2009 10:50 PM
Shore News Today
The next historical society meeting will be a Titanic event.
Tom Maddox of Estell Manor, the owner of East Coast Diving in Northfield, will share his experience of being one of the last divers to see the Titanic during a Greate Egg Harbour Historical Society presentation 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 at the Egg Harbor Township Community Center.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Before the Titanic : The SS Atlantic
Sunday 18th October 2009 10:44 AM
Chronicle Herald
Before the SS Titanic, there was the SS Atlantic, a "state-of-the-art" White Star Line ship going to her grave on April 1, 1873, within sight of the Nova Scotian coast and taking with her a staggering number of lives (over 500).
'Haunting' Titanic postcard under the hammer
Thursday 15th October 2009 9:09 PM
stv.tv
A "haunting" postcard commemorating the sinking of the Titanic, which was sent just weeks after the disaster, has gone under the hammer in Perth.
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Remembering Walter Lord, chronicler of the Titanic
Tuesday 13th October 2009 5:41 PM
Baltimore Sun
The phone rang the other day, and it was Jenny Lawrence calling from her home in New York City.
"Walter would have been 92 this week," she said.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Novelist Poised To Make History With Titanic Book
Tuesday 13th October 2009 11:30 AM
Submitted by Willie Mae Kent
Exclusive tour of Titanic Pigeon Forge exhibit
Tuesday 13th October 2009 10:34 AM
examiner.com
Submitted by Judith Yates
Maritime Tales: Carpathia rescue misson to the Titanic relived
Saturday 10th October 2009 9:54 PM
Liverpool Echo
IT STARTED out as a routine voyage between New York and the Adriatic and ended as one of the greatest rescues in the history of the sea.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Island's Titanic connection
Friday 9th October 2009 9:53 PM
Guernsey Press and Star
TITANIC'S journey and demise in 1912 is legendary. Archive film footage, news cuttings and big-budget movies mean the tragic tale of the ship dubbed 'unsinkable' will never be forgotten.
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Voyage retraces Titanic journey
Thursday 8th October 2009 10:56 PM
BBC News
A holiday company is to retrace the voyage of the Titanic as part of the 100th anniversary of the disaster.
The 12-night cruise, with tickets priced from £2,595, will follow the route of the ill-fated ship which sank in April 1912 killing 1,517 people.
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REVIEW: "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition"
Wednesday 7th October 2009 9:38 PM
Rochester City Newspaper
Ego, wealth, optimism, and opulence. RMS Titanic was the grandest symbol of all this and more. Branded as "practically unsinkable," the largest ship ever built in its time boasted a top first-class ticket price of more than $103,000 in today's currency. Filled with celebrities, dignitaries, tycoons, and immigrants, the Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, from Southampton, UK, and sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
A 'Titanic' exhibition at RMSC
Thursday 1st October 2009 10:53 PM
MPNnow.com
Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, a little over 450 miles from Newfoundland. The Olympic-class passenger liner sank in fewer than three hours, claiming the lives of 1,517 people.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Sept. 30, 1861: A Novelist With a Nose for Disaster
Wednesday 30th September 2009 12:53 PM
Wired.com
1861: American novelist and short-story writer Morgan Robertson is born. His 1898 novel, Futility, eerily foretells one of the 20th century’s great man-made disasters: the sinking of the Titanic
The similarities between Futility and subsequent actual events are startling...
Fans of World's Fastest Ocean Liner Put Out a Distress Call
Tuesday 29th September 2009 12:38 PM
Wall Street Journal
Admirers call her the "Big U." Today, she could be in big trouble.
The once-proud ship is rusting away in the Delaware River, across from an Ikea. Its owner, cruise line NCL Group, has put her up for sale.
Nomadic Trust assures public that restoration is being managed correctly and sensitively
Tuesday 29th September 2009 11:31 AM
Nomadic Charitable Trust
The Trust fundraising for and managing the restoration of SS Nomadic assures the public that the ship's restoration is being managed correctly, professionally and sensitively....
Conservation Management Plan Author Resigns With Concerns Over Trust Failings
Tuesday 29th September 2009 9:18 AM
Nomadic Preservation Society
Fred Aldsworth, the author of the NCT commissioned Conservation Management Plan (CMP) and of over 20 other CMP's, has resigned from the Frazer Nash project team over grave concerns that the entire restoration project is not being handled correctly by the NCT.
Mediator offer for Nomadic row
Saturday 26th September 2009 8:57 PM
Belfast Telegraph
An expert in restoration projects has offered to act as a go-between to resolve clashes between the trust responsible for restoring SS Nomadic and the volunteers who raised funds to return her to Belfast.
Titanic exhibit being prepared in Louisville
Friday 25th September 2009 8:57 PM
Kentucky.com
The Titanic exhibit being set up at the Louisville Science Center may be the most significant attraction ever to be displayed at the West Main Street museum, said Joanna Haas, the center's executive director.
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RMS Titanic exhibit to have three-month run
Thursday 24th September 2009 9:20 PM
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The world-renowned "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" surfaces for a three-month run Oct. 1 at the Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. Experience the legendary story of this famous ship and its ill-fated maiden voyage across the North Atlantic.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic to be Re-Released in 3D
Thursday 24th September 2009 9:20 PM
Hollyscoop
Ten years after Titanic sailed its way into our hearts forever, the movie is getting re-released! The James Cameron hit will be released in theaters in 3D.
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Police called in over Nomadic row
Wednesday 23rd September 2009 9:50 PM
BBC News
The police were called to look into the removal of artefacts from the historic White Star vessel SS Nomadic, it has emerged.
The artefacts - two ornate doors - were taken by the Nomadic Preservation Society which said it bought them in Paris and has proof of ownership.
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Titanic To Dock At Louisville Kentucky Science Center Starting October 3, 2009
Tuesday 22nd September 2009 5:16 PM
TravelVideo.tv
Tickets are now on sale for Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, viewed by more than 22 million people worldwide and hailed as a must-see. The Exhibition features 150 artifacts and opens at the Louisville Science Center in Louisville, Ky., on October 3.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Nomadic Conservation plan Released
Friday 18th September 2009 12:38 PM
Nomadic Charitable Trust
The first part of a proposed conservation plan for the Nomadic has been released. Download the full document.
"Titanic" comes to the stage at Alverson Center Theatre
Thursday 17th September 2009 9:24 PM
Anderson Independent Mail
Moving sets, demanding vocal ranges and full orchestra pits are weighty elements of Broadway musicals that rarely make a successful appearance in a local theater company.
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£7 million restoration of Titanic ship goes ahead
Wednesday 16th September 2009 9:33 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The £7 million restoration of a tender ship which ferried first-class passengers on board the Titanic is to begin early next year after the project today secured another £500,000 cash injection.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Money worries for Nomadic project
Wednesday 16th September 2009 3:21 PM
BBC News
The project to restore the Nomadic has received a £500,000 grant from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, bringing the total pledged to £4m.
However, less than £8,000 has been raised from corporate donors and a 'Sponsor a rivet' delivered just £330.
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Shipshape Re-created Titanic rises above the landscape in Pigeon Forge
Tuesday 15th September 2009 5:15 PM
Knoxville News Sentinel
Half of the world's most famous ill-fated ship is being reconstructed in the Tennessee hills.
A 30,000-square-foot replica of the Titanic is being built against the mountain backdrop of Pigeon Forge. The forward half of the ship will be re-created; it is half the size of the ocean liner sunk by an iceberg on its 1912 maiden voyage.
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Submersible Alvin awaits major overhaul
Tuesday 15th September 2009 5:15 PM
Cape Cod Times
Eventually, the submersible used to locate a missing hydrogen bomb and first view the Titanic will take scientists deeper into the ocean's impenetrable abyss than humans have ever gone.
But not without sinking a larger-than-anticipated chunk of money into this famed submarine.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic to dock at Louisville Science Center
Friday 11th September 2009 9:28 PM
WHAS 11.com
Tickets go on sale today for Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, viewed by more than 22 million people worldwide and hailed as a must-see. The Exhibition features 150 artifacts and opens at the Louisville Science Center on October 3.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Galesburg man led a charmed but harrowing life
Thursday 10th September 2009 6:03 PM
Galesburg.com
Submitted by Hildur Panula-Heinonen
Save the Titanic Foundation Assembles 100th Year Titanic Anniversary Gala and Concert
Thursday 10th September 2009 10:40 AM
PRNewswire
The Save the Titanic Foundation (http://www.savethetitanic.org) today announced details of the 2012 Global telecast concert event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Titanic. The 100th anniversary event will be staged simultaneously at Madison Square Garden -- The World's Most Famous Arena in the heart of New York City, the celebrated Wembley Stadium in London, and the Odyssey Arena -- The largest indoor concert arena in Ireland.
Titanic themed hotel set for city
Tuesday 8th September 2009 9:53 PM
BBC News
A five-star Titanic themed hotel is to be created at the old headquarters of the Belfast shipyard where the doomed liner was built.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic's sister ship Nomadic 'left to rot'
Tuesday 8th September 2009 9:46 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The Titanic's little sister has been left to all but rot away for three years as she awaits decisions on how she will be restored, it has been claimed.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic set to 'make a splash' at Legacurry
Tuesday 8th September 2009 9:46 PM
Lisburn Today
ONE of the most iconic ships in history, R.M.S Titanic, is set to make headlines again as Larchfield Community Development Association is hosting a festival to mark the centenary of the laying down of the keel of the famous White Star Liner.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic museum designs unveiled
Friday 4th September 2009 10:31 PM
BBC News
Designs showing how Southampton's new museum, marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, will look have been unveiled.
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Titanic artifacts on view in Rochester Museum and Science Center beginning October 1
Wednesday 2nd September 2009 9:34 PM
Examiner.com
Almost a century ago on a calm April night in 1912 the "unsinkable" Titantic went down after colliding with an iceberg. More than 1,500 of the 2280 passengers on board the maiden voyage of the world's largest ship perished that night including business tycoons, artists and film stars, government dignitaries and immigrants dreaming of a new life in America..
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
'No issue' with Titanic project
Friday 28th August 2009 10:02 PM
BBC News
The chairman of Belfast Harbour Commissioners has dismissed concerns that the Titanic Signature Project will not be finished by 2012
The opening of the visitor attraction is planned to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the liner's sinking.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic and the Band Played On Review
Friday 28th August 2009 10:02 PM
EdinburghGuide.com
Although listed under Dance in the Fringe programme, this is not a dance performance per se, but more of a dramatised play with film, music and short dance sequences. This devised theatrical piece based on Titanic survivors' stories is performed by a group of six young dance and performing arts students.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Art treasures may be sold to fund 'Titanic' museum
Thursday 27th August 2009 10:47 PM
Independent
Trotting along a deserted beach; leading out a pack of hounds in a winter landscape; or locked together in the heat of the race; the elegant horses in Sir Alfred Munnings' renowned paintings speak of a quieter, more traditional Britain.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Artwork Sale to Fund Titanic Museum Opposed in England
Thursday 27th August 2009 10:47 PM
ARTINFO
SOUTHAMPTON, England— The Southampton City Council’s plans to auction off two artworks to help fund a museum dedicated to the Titanic is drawing art world opposition, with some critics fearing the precedent the sale might set.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic The Artifact Exhibition in Montreal for an additional month!
Thursday 27th August 2009 10:47 PM
Canada News Wire
MONTREAL, Aug. 24 /CNW Telbec/ - Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition will
remain at the Montreal Exhibition Centre for an additional month in order to
satisfy the demand especially from schools and groups.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Fresh appeal for maritime museum
Thursday 27th August 2009 10:47 PM
BBC News
It was built in Belfast, yet no-one bothered to make an application for a museum to commemorate it.
Now a fresh appeal is being made for the establishment of a maritime museum in Belfast linked to the Titanic.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic's tragic demise brought to life at Forge Mill
Saturday 22nd August 2009 8:39 PM
Redditch Advertiser
THE fateful voyage of the Titanic is being recreated by a Redditch arts group over the August bank holiday weekend.
Indigo Arts Heritage project will be recreating scenes from the doomed voyage at Forge Mill Needle Museum next weekend - Sunday and Monday, August 30 and 31.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Full steam ahead for Titanic's 'little sister' Nomadic
Thursday 20th August 2009 10:41 PM
Belfast Telegraph
Some 1,600 curious visitors have poured across the gangplank of Titanic’s ‘little sister’ since last week to see the vessel before wholesale restoration gets under way.
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'Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition' opens in New York
Friday 14th August 2009 9:29 PM
CCTV
Ninety-seven years after it sailed from Liverpool, the Titanic has finally reached her intended destination - New York City. A new exhibition, 'Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition', showcases hundreds artifacts from the 'unsinkable' ship, many of them on display for the first time after being recovered from the ocean floor.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic memorial to be given a face lift
Thursday 13th August 2009 9:29 PM
Get Surrey
THE tribute to Godalming Titanic hero Jack Phillips is set to benefit from major improvement works in time for the centenary of his death, Waverley Borough Council has announced.
A group will be formed at a public meeting next Thursday (August 20) to help drive forward the plans, after a number of organisations wrote to officials to say they were worried about the condition of Bury Fields gardens.
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Surviving the Titanic: The Saga of Davit Vartanian
Tuesday 11th August 2009 10:27 AM
The Armenian Weekly
Davit (David) Vartanian was one of five young Armenian men making their way to the Free World for freedom, opportunity, and to earn money to send to loved ones back home in Tzermag, Keghi in Historic Armenia. Their misfortune was that as third-class passengers, they were booked in steerage, in the bowels of the ill-fated unsinkable Titanic.
Titanic exhibit coming to Louisville
Friday 7th August 2009 9:28 PM
Louisville Courier-Journal
A major touring exhibit that includes artifacts from the ill-fated cruise ship Titanic will be at the Louisville Science Center starting in October.
"'Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition' will allow many Louisvillians to experience the Louisville Science Center again, in a new way, with their children and grandchildren," said Joanna Haas, the Science Center's executive director. "We are proud to host this blockbuster exhibition, and thrilled to give our visitors the opportunity to explore this historical ship and to investigate, question and seek answers together."
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Historian to talk about Titanic sinking, Oak Island legends
Friday 7th August 2009 9:28 PM
Halifax News Net
Author and historian Dave Drummond will give lectures on Oak Island and the Titanic at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in August.
Drummond, author of The Shipyard: Will It Float?, is a retired shipbuilder, born into a shipbuilding family that spanned three generations. His anecdotal writings, narrations, and discussions are factual, often surprising, and sprinkled with humour.
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Titanic Memorial in DC
Friday 7th August 2009 9:28 PM
Examiner.com
Admit it, you've done it too. You and a significant other have probably stood at some point at or near the bow of a boat and imitated the doubleheaded flying figurehead pose from the 1997 film "Titanic" (If you haven't, you surely know someone who has.) That movie has become the bane of boat pilots everywhere, but the pose itself actually dates back to 1931, when a statue honoring those who went down on the legendary ship was erected in Washington, D.C.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic-linked SS Nomadic returns to Belfast birthplace
Friday 7th August 2009 9:28 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The historic SS Nomadic, a tender that ferried passengers to the doomed Titanic, has been moved back to the place where she was built almost 100 years ago.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Forge Mill's Titanic exhibition
Friday 7th August 2009 9:28 PM
Redditch Advertiser
REDDITCH residents are being taken on a dramatic trip back in time at the Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition at Forge Mill Needle Museum.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
James Cameron confirms 3D 'Titanic'
Friday 7th August 2009 9:28 PM
Digital Spy
James Cameron has confirmed that his 1997 blockbuster Titanic will be converted into 3D.
Speaking at last week's Comic-Con convention in San Diego, the director said that he was involved in the project to update the movie.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Nomadic refloats Titanic's tale
Friday 7th August 2009 9:28 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The tragic tale of the Titanic is to be performed over three nights — onboard her tender.
GCSE Drama students from Dominican College in Fortwilliam will stage the play ‘Titanic’ on the SS Nomadic, the Belfast-built vessel that carried first class passengers on to the legendary liner before she set off on her doomed maiden voyage.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
The Titanic baby and the remains of a tragic night
Friday 7th August 2009 9:26 PM
Examiner.com
With every new day, the day before becomes history and as days fade into months and years, people only have their memories and sometimes a keepsake or artifact that accompany those memories. As the people pass on, memories become second-hand stories, but the physical objects remain as silent survivors of another time and place . . . a physical link to the past.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic arrives in Orland Park
Friday 7th August 2009 9:16 PM
Orland Park Prairie
It was a honeymoon gone wrong for John Henry Chapman and his bride, Sarah Elizabeth Lawry. Lawry, 29, of Spokane, Wash., was headed from Southhampton, England, to Fitzburn, Wisc. with her husband to be closer to her brother, William.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Theaters take on 'Titanic' production
Friday 7th August 2009 9:16 PM
Tallahassee.com
How do you take the epic, gigantic story of one of the most famous maritime tragedies in history and scale it down for theater audiences, without losing a drop of its drama?
That's the challenge Theatre A La Carte director Eric Hurst faced when TALC chose "Titanic: The Musical" for its summer offering this year. It helped that TALC was teaming up with Tallahassee Little Theatre for the production.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Designers unveiled for Southampton's Titanic museum
Friday 7th August 2009 9:16 PM
Southern Daily Echo
THE team that will design Southampton's £15m Titanic museum has been appointed.
In a major step forward for the world-class tourist attraction, Southampton City Council has appointed award-winning architects Wilkinson Eyre.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
EU funding to boost restoration of Titanic tender ship
Wednesday 22nd July 2009 11:56 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The restoration of a tender ship which ferried passengers to the doomed Titanic was boosted today with the award of over £2 million in European funding.
Last month auditors expressed concern that the £7 million refit of the derelict SS Nomadic may not be completed, on schedule, for the centenary of its launch in Belfast in 2011 due to a cash shortfall.
Sell art or no Titanic museum says council leader
Saturday 18th July 2009 11:19 AM
Southern Daily Echo
THE leader of Southampton City Council has laid down an ultimatum in the city's art sell-off row "we either flog some paintings or don't get a Titanic museum.
Tories are planning to sell paintings worth millions to help pay for a "world class" maritime attraction, dubbed Sea City Museum.
Titanic tampering with gown
Saturday 18th July 2009 11:19 AM
Berkshire Eagle
A 1909 black, sequined evening gown its owner says is worth at least $3,000. Sometime last month, where it was kept at the Mason Library in Great Barrington, it was damaged. A tear in the fabric. Sequins missing.
And with no clear culprit, the owners claim a library employee vandalized the vintage dress. Town officials retort that it's just as likely the owners are at fault.
Shoreham Man was Titanic hero
Wednesday 15th July 2009 6:00 PM
Shoreham Herald
A COOK on board the Titanic, who reportedly saved a baby from Captain Smith's arms, as the liner was sinking, was from Shoreham.
Isaac Maynard was born in Shoreham on October 8, 1880.
The son of Shoreham lifeboat coxswain Hiram Maynard, he was an entrée cook on the ill-fated voyage, which ended with the liner sinking on April 15, 1912.
Like the liner, bad luck dogs the Titanic Signature Project
Wednesday 15th July 2009 7:59 AM
Irish Times
BELFAST BRIEFING: An ambitious attempt to capitalise on the city's relationship with the Titanic is in deep trouble, writes FRANCESS McDONNELL
THERE REMAIN many unanswered questions concerning the fate of one of Belfast's proudest but ultimately most tragic achievements, the RMS Titanic .
'Titanic' to drop anchor in Tennessee
Wednesday 8th July 2009 8:04 PM
examiner.com
There have been maritime disasters that have taken more lives, and larger ships have sank since, but none have held the fascination like the RMS Titanic. Numerous books, movies, and even a musical have been written about her; there is a Titanic Historical Society, and googling Titanic results in 24,400,000 results.
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition now playing in six cities from Las Vegas to Lisbon
Tuesday 30th June 2009 1:15 AM
Examiner.com
After 97 years, the R.M.S. Titanic has finally docked in New York City. On June 24, 2009 Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition opened at the Discovery Times Square Exposition for a limited engagement. Located in the heart of Times Square in the former printing press room of The New York Times, the 12,500 sq. ft. exhibition features the largest collection of Titanic artifacts in the world.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic's "little sister" may miss anniversary refit date
Wednesday 24th June 2009 10:26 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The £7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Exclusive: Titanic survivor Millvina Dean
Friday 19th June 2009 3:10 PM
Belfast Telegraph
Exclusive footage of the final video interview with Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic. Belfast artist, the Rev Keith Drury, recorded this brief interview with Millvina when he visited her in Southampton just a few weeks ago as part of a project to help raise funds towards her nursing care. Sadly, Millvina died soon afterwards.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Bringing Titanic's history to life
Friday 19th June 2009 3:10 PM
Southtown Star
It was just before midnight on April 14, 1912. Nothing was amiss. No one was worried. Then something tragic happened.
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Funeral for Titanic's last survivor
Tuesday 16th June 2009 4:12 PM
RTE
The funeral has taken place in England of the last survivor of the Titanic disaster, Millvina Dean.
The private service, attended by family and friends, took place at Southampton Crematorium, the funeral directors confirmed.
Ocalan went to great lengths to secure Titanic passenger's signature
Tuesday 16th June 2009 2:30 PM
Ocala
Scanning a sea of more than 650 famous autographs on a tablecloth, one might ask: Who is Millvina Dean?
Of all the personalities on the cloth, from Hank Aaron to Zig Ziglar, Walter Light Jr. said he found Dean the most captivating.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Millvina Dean to be buried today
Tuesday 16th June 2009 1:07 PM
Southern Daily Echo
Mourners are due to gather in Southampton to say a final farewell to Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster, today.
Millvina, who died aged 97, was the youngest passenger on board the illfated White Star liner when the ship left on her maiden voyage from Southampton in April, 1912
The funeral service at Southampton Crematorium was set to include the seafarers' hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save, which includes the famous chorus: For those in peril on the sea.
Forgotten Titanic hero who saved his family
Monday 15th June 2009 11:18 PM
Voice
Haitian Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche is not mentioned among the 1912 press descriptions of the Titanic disaster, but he is the only black man who was aboard the luxury ship when it hit an iceberg and went down on April 15, 1912, killing 1,500 passengers.
Titanic Survivor Was Planning 100th Anniversary Cruise
Monday 15th June 2009 4:51 PM
PRLog.org
Jun 12, 2009 - Millvina Dean, the last surviving passenger from the Titanic who died recently, was planning to go on a 100th anniversary memorial cruise back across the Atlantic in 2012.
Titanic exhibit opens St. Paul; researcher says hit movie not accurate
Sunday 14th June 2009 8:34 PM
MinnPost
As the Titanic exhibit opens today at the Science Museum of Minnesota -- with artifacts from the 1912 shipwreck along with newly discovered articles from the ship that rescued many of the passengers -- a Minnesota writer with a passion for the topic raises questions about the historical accuracy of the 1997 hit movie that catapulted the disaster into the realm of popular culture.
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
Friday 12th June 2009 4:15 PM
KARE
A 3,000 pound piece of one of history's best known stories recently arrived at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
It came to Saint Paul on a special flatbed truck. Then museum crews had to rent a heavy-duty fork lift to move it.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
What really sank the Titanic?
Thursday 11th June 2009 3:18 PM
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Tim Foecke grew up in Edina and Howard Lake and earned B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in material science and engineering from the University of Minnesota.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Last survivor of the Titanic dies, aged 97
Tuesday 9th June 2009 9:22 PM
MSNBC
Millvina Dean, the last
Titanic survivor died on May 31, the same day, 98 years earlier, that the hull was launched.
Millvina was only 2 months old at the time of the sinking, and the youngest passenger on the ship. She will be missed by many.
Minnesota connections add even more poignancy to traveling 'Titanic Artifact Exhibition'
Tuesday 9th June 2009 2:33 PM
MinnPost.com
Jack and Rose weren't really on the Titanic. But Malcolm Johnson, a Swedish farmer heading for Minneapolis, was. And Walter Douglas, son of the founder of Quaker Oats, went down with the ship while on his way back to Minnesota from a European shopping trip.
Remote Control RMS Titanic
Monday 8th June 2009 10:25 PM
Ubergizmo
The ship that is so majestic that even God won't be able to sink it - famous last words, indeed.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Baby of the Titanic
Sunday 7th June 2009 6:39 AM
Irish Independent
Millvina was a beautiful person and anybody who met her thought so. It wasn't being the baby of the Titanic which made her special, it was Millvina
Author tells of meeting with last Titanic survivor
Friday 5th June 2009 5:54 PM
Dorset Echo
Roger Hardingham, of Osmington Mills, met with Millvina Dean, 97, two weeks ago after finishing her biography and was planning a dinner event with her as the guest of honour.
After 97 Years, Titanic Docks in New York City
Friday 5th June 2009 2:49 PM
GlobeNewsWire
ATLANTA, June 4, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq:PRXI), announced today that Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition will open at Discovery Times Square Exposition on June 24, 2009 for a limited engagement.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic fans want Belfast memorial to be relocated
Friday 5th June 2009 2:49 PM
Belfast Telegraph
The Belfast Titanic Society has hit out at plans for the Belfast wheel to remain at its current location because it obscures a memorial to the victims of the sea disaster.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
Titanic's history lives on through local man
Friday 5th June 2009 9:39 AM
TDN
Stuart's interest in the Titanic began when he encountered A Night to Remember as a freshman at West Bremerton High School.
Remembering the Titanic
Thursday 4th June 2009 10:01 PM
BBC Berkshire
A Crowthorne man has written a poem dedicated to a member of his wife's family who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Percival Blake, known as 'Nunk' to Paddy Boyle, miraculously survived after being plucked from the freezing Atlantic.
Submitted by Jason D. Tiller
The Titanic and the Sinking of Hearts
Thursday 4th June 2009 9:09 PM
Khaleej Times
I know I wouldn't have been half as moved by the news of Millvina's death at a ripe old age had it not been for Cameron's Titanic.
